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VEHICLE-WHEEL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,523, dated January 1, 1889.

Application filed December 19, 1887; Serial No. 258,409. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- j

Be it known thatI, CHARLES TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Eli zabeth,'-, in the county of Allegheny and State of Penn- 1 sylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in VehicleJVheels and Journal-Beari n gs; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to 9 make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a My invention relates to an improvement in vehicle-wheels and journal-bearings for the same, the objects bein to provide a wheel of great strength having detachable, interchangeable, and adjustable parts, to provide a bearing that will have but little friction, and a 'means for excluding dust or dirt from the same; and with these ends in view my invention consists in certain details of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully set forth herei nafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved journalbearing constructed in accordance withmy invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same, showing the position and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of 'aportion of my improved vehicle-wheel, partly shown in section. Fig. l is a sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 5 is a sectional view of one of the couplings used for connecting the sectional spokes of the wheel. Fig. '6 is an end View of the same. Fig. 7 is an end view of the segmental bearing ofthe tire of the wheel.

, To put my invention into practice with a journal, (1, I provide a number of cylindrical rollers, b, and arrange the same inside a'hub, (1, between the journal ct and the inner surface. of the same. At either endof these roll ers l), I place a series of short intermediate a recess, e, formed-in the hub (I. These rollers 0 have short bearings at their extremities, which reduce the friction on the same. At the outer end of the journal (1 isplaced a nut,

at the rear, serves to hold the hub (I andbearings in the proper position. At the. front of the j ournal a is secured a cap, h, whichfivith a flexible washer, t, attached to the rear, prevents any dust or dirt from entermg the ourhal-bcaring to interfere with the proper work-' ing of the same. To this hub (I, I attach a suit-able number of sectional spokes, consist-- ing of two sections, It" I, of tubing secured together by a coupling, in, those sections Z attached to the hub. (I being of greater diame ter than. tho;c- Ir, secured to the segmental bearings n, which serve to hold the tire 0 or felly in place. The coupling m, I. chain fer about the outer edges in a manner that will prevent an accumulatiomo'f dirt or dust. In securing the two sections I: let the spokes to this coupling m, I form the screw-threads in a manner that will conceal the same from the outside. At the extremity of the smaller section, 7;, ot'the spokes I secure a segmental bearing, 12, having two outwardly-projecting flanges, q, which retains the tire 0 or 'felly p in place. These bearings'n have a sharpened inner edge, 3, which will prevent-the same from lifting dirt when the wheel is in. mo- 'tion.

municating with the interior of the same and the journal-bearing.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to. secure by Letters Patent, is I 1. In a jou'rnal-lmaring' such as descr bed,

the combination consisting of the journal a and hub (Land the parallel series of bearingrollers b,having arranged at either ends short intermediate rollers, c,'as and for the purpose set forth. K

2, In a journal-bearing such as described, the hub d, having arranged therein a series of parallel rollers, 19, and short intermediate rollers, c, the recessesj, for reducing the friction on the same, the cap 2', for excluding dust from the journal, as and for the purpose-described.

3. In a journal-bearing the hub (1, having arranged therein and about the journal a a series of parallel rollers, Z), and

intermediate(rollers, c, the recesses j, for reducing the friction on the same, the cap 71, and flexible cover t, for excluding dust from h, and flexible covering such as described,

Q the journal a, in combination with the acljhstable and detachable metallic spokes, consisting of the tubes is Z, of large and small diameter, and a suitably-constructed metallic bearing, '70,, for the reception of 12, substantially as described. J

4, In a vehicle-Wheel, the combination 0011- 'sisting of the metallic hollow spokes k Z, di-

vided into Sections and secured together by a suitable coupling,m,an(l the segmental bearl the tire 0 or folly hollow spokes Z; Z, divided into sections for I the purpose of reducing the weight and diameter 0f the outer ends of the same, and a means for securing the sections together.

6. Inavehicle-x'vheel such as described, consisting of the. sectional spokes is Z, the segmental bearing 42, having a sharp inner edge, .9, for the purpose of allowing the same to be easily lifted or raised out of soft or moist" eaith.

CHARLES TAYLOR. Witnesses:

II. T. MORRIS,

M. E. HARRISON. 

